Art of Soey Milk

April 15, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Portfolios, USA, 2016

LA based artist Soey Milk doing awesome female related paintings strangely reminding me Vereshchagin's and Bryullov's realism of 19 century.

Art of Beau B. Frank

April 12, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Portfolios, USA, 2016

Beau Bernier Frank (@beaubfrank) is a 22-year-old French-American surrealist painter currently working from his studio in the city of Pacific Grove, located on the California coast. Coping with disease and not being able to walk or work for several months gave Beau an opportunity to brainstorm and explore his artistic inclinations. He eventually developed a new innovative and unique style of collages of landscapes with portraits. These paintings would mark the beginning of his new career as an emerging artist and the creation of his latest collection, “Off the Grid.”

Art of Johnie Thornton

April 11, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Portfolios, USA, 2016

Johnie Thornton (@jt_painting) was born and raised in Southern California and is currently living & working as an artist in Palm Springs and Los Angeles. Thornton’s body of work ranges from medium format analog photography to photo realistic, pop, and abstract painting. His work is largely influenced by sociology, geometry, architecture, and their relationship to nature.

Art of Jana Brike

April 08, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Latvia, Portfolios, 2016

Instead of giving a personal reflection on Jana's art I'd like to feature her thoughts on the body of art she creates: "The first most reassuring thing is when I see an art piece has worked as a trigger to evoke certain experiences, memories, feelings within a person, of something important they had forgotten or set side in the anxiety and worry of life. Like, the awkwardness and delightfulness of a first kiss, or being in love, or true touch, or even the rawness of sincere pain and so on. Sometimes people would tell me the work has evoked something so very familiar, but they can’t quite put a finger on what it even is. And it is so wonderful to hear, because I know the communication through art is not verbal, and it is not from the position of mental constructions and concepts, but somehow heart to heart and human experience to human experience. It really truly motivates me most of all". Please view Jana Brike's art on Instagram, website and Facebook and read her recent interview here

Surreal Sculpture of Dan Lam

April 08, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Sculpture, USA, 2016

"At first glance, the sculptures of Dan Lam (Instagram) might seem like living organisms. Created with intense hues, the pieces seem to drip right before the viewers’ eyes with an undeniable energy.Lam uses polyurethane foam, acrylic paint and epoxy resin to create her intricate pieces. She starts with a shape and lets the foam takes its own course, guiding it ever so slightly. Afterwards, she chooses a colour and dots the surfaces of each piece with paint to create even more visual rhythm." via TCP

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A video posted by Dan Lam (@sopopomo) on Apr 7, 2016 at 10:54pm PDT

A video posted by Dan Lam (@sopopomo) on Apr 7, 2016 at 10:54pm PDT

Camille Walala

April 06, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Graphic Design, Illustration, Portfolios, Street Art, United Kingdom, 2016, Art

Camille Walala is a purveyor of powerfully positive digital print. Recent work has seen her progressing from her popular textile based range to include art direction, interior design and a continued love affair with popup restaurants, where her love for food and design are brought to life. Influences include the Memphis Movement, the Ndebele tribe and optical art master Vasarely alongside the simple desire to put a smile on people’s faces.

Antonio Santin

April 04, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Portfolios, Spain, 2016

Spanish figurative artist Antonio Santin (Instagram) "creates a visceral tension between surface and space with a range of techniques that incorporate both the technical foundations of classical painting and unexpected alterations to the qualities of oil paint to re-assemble the sensory experiences of everyday life"

Bronze drifting sculptures by Olivia Berckemeyer

April 01, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Germany, Portfolios, Sculpture, 2016

Bringing a modern twist or a pixel-drift screen-like effect to the ancient art of bronze casting, artist Olivia Berckemeyer creates delicate bronze sculptures that appear to flow in her studio in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Read full interview on iGNANT

Photography by Ana Santl

Art of Tran Nguyen

March 31, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Portfolios, USA, 2016

Tran Nguyen (Instagram) is an award-winning illustrator and gallery artist. Born in Vietnam and raised in the States, she is fascinated with creating visuals that can be used as a psycho-therapeutic support vehicle, exploring the mind's landscape. Her paintings are created with a soft, delicate quality using coloured pencil and acrylic on paper.

Fabrice Van der Beek

March 25, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, France, Portfolios, 2016

Going deep into the art of Fabrice Van der Beek who searches the meaning of life on black canvases and that's beautiful

Ben Howe Art

March 24, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Australia, Portfolios, 2016

Australian painter and sculptor Ben Howe attracted our attention with his "Surface" series of acrylic artworks depicting the destructive state of human being

Abstract Paper Art By Marit Roland

March 23, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Norway, Portfolios, Sculpture, 2016

For her ongoing series ‘Paper Drawings’, Norwegian artist Marit Roland creates abstract installations entirely made from paper – from large scale sculptures to tiny works in a box.

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All images © courtesy of Marit Roland / SKMU – Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand / MRK – Møre og Romsdal Kunstsenter, Molde / Prosjektrom Nordmanns, Stavanger / Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo / MAGO, Eidsvoll / Sandefjord Kunstforening / Hunsfoss Paperfactory

Jesse Draxler

March 23, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Instagram, Portfolios, USA, 2016

"The obscured overlays and expressive marks that embody Draxler’s work are relatable reflections of repressed subconscious. In constructing, deconstructing and reworking photographs and images, Draxler reveals struggles and surrenders, his work living and breathing with dark hints of existential sexuality. Abstracting and subtracting the human form, Draxler simultaneously masks and uncovers both form and emotion, body and feeling. His practice resonates with familiar deep-set feelings, and like many working artists, Draxler pulls from his own mental state. His ability to harness and reveal vulnerability, tension, anxiety and heaviness is unbounded as he confronts both what we repress and what we reveal." jessedraxler.com, Instagram, via The Creators Project

Art of Alvaro Castagnet

March 18, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Australia, Lifestyle, Portfolios, 2016

Born in Montevideo, Uruguay Alvaro Castagnet (Facebook) left it for Australia when he was young. Since than his passion of traveling settled down on his watercolour paper with a bursts of emotions he get in every trip. What I admire most is his speedy plain-air artworks he does alone or together with his masterclass fellows.

Art of Mimi S

March 17, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Germany, Portfolios, Street Art, 2016

Mimi Scholtz aka Mimi S is a figurative artists we spotted when did a small write up about their joint exhibition with Lora Zombie in Saatchi London. Inspired by hentai and street art Mimi S often creates huge artworks depicting a mess left by Hieronymus Bosch and Disney marriage.

Figurative sculpture by Johnson Tsang

March 16, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, China, Hong-Kong, Portfolios, Sculpture, 2016

"Tsang’s work integrates the themes of human beings vs. objects. Sometimes he anthropomorphizes these objects, giving them human attributes— like in the example of the coffee cups. In other cases, the figures he develops are decidedly human, but distinct nonetheless. He is particularly adept at sculpting expressive, childlike faces— sometimes cheerful, at other times ominous, especially when used in depictions of child soldiers or with other socio-political themes. On the one hand, he can make lovers out of coffee. On the other, he can turn transform a grenade into a pile of human organs. Johnson Tsang’s work has many faces— usually turned out to the world in an unexpectedly jarring way." via Decompoz

Art of Sean Mahan

March 15, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Portfolios, USA, 2016

Sean Mahan is a social realist figurative painter who works with graphite/acrylic on wood to depict a sense of wonder about innate human sweetness - seanmahanart.com

Art of Tracy Lewis

March 14, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Illustration, Portfolios, USA, 2016

Awesome Californian artist working mainly in watercolours, meet Tracy Lewis (Instagram) and her fairy tales

For almost twenty years I’ve lived in the Sierra Foothills. My home has a tree house view of the world that has made nature an integral part of my life and my art. The metamorphosis of seasons and the cycles of life and death are reoccurring elements. A collection of curiosities, along with my love of fairy tales, Art Nouveau and Old Hollywood Glamour have also found their way into my art.
I paint primarily in transparent watercolor, layering luminous glazes of pure hue to give everything a candy coat of Easter-like color.

@tracylewisart

Lora Zombie and Mimi S at Saatchi Gallery

March 10, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Illustration, Motioncollector, Portfolios, United Kingdom

Saint-Petersburg raised street artist Lora Zombie and Berlin-based Mimi S have a joint at Saatchi Gallery, talking from "XX : A Moment in Time" exhibition. Take a look and if in London, have a chance to visit them offline.

John Breed

March 10, 2016 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Netherlands, Portfolios, Sculpture, 2016

Breuninger Shoe Salon commissioned John Breed (Instagram) to create a colourful installation at their shop window. He did a sculptural mural of 145 shoes sit on multicoloured and golden legs.